I was tipped off about a new Putting/Minigolf course at Kingsway Golf Centre in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire by my fellow BMGA Tour member Adam 'AK47' Kelly, who informed me that the old Crazy Golf course (#156) has been replaced by a new 9-hole Putting Course called 'The Himalayas'!

On Bank Holiday Monday 30th August 2010 we visited Huntingdon Racecourse in Cambridgeshire for their Bank Holiday fun day event. Not only was there some great horse racing action, but there were a number of Guinness World Record attempts taking place - including World’s largest group of jockeys in a car, World’s largest group of John McCririck look-a-likes at a racecourse and the World’s greatest number of faces painted by an individual in one hour.

The Guinness World Record attempt that we were interested in though, was the attempt to break the record for the UK's longest Conga line!

Unfortunately, despite there being 4,523 people in attendance at the races, only 183 people bothered to Conga!? I was Conga-er number 16, Emily was number 15. It was still great fun, and the Conga is such a great Party-tune.

Huntingdon Racecourse and the event - in aid of Racing Welfare - was a great day out, at a not too unreasonable price. The event was also great for Emily as she won on the two horses she picked for a flutter in the first two races!

As an added bonus, the Racecourse had also put on a variety of entertainment and activities, one of which was Crazy Golf!!!

The 6-hole portable course was the 195th course played on The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and was quite good fun, despite it's relatively small size and the type of obstacles. It was free to play and proved to be incredibly popular throughout the day.

In the two matches we played I beat Emily 10(-2) to 16(+4), and Emily then beat me by 13(+1) to 14(+2). I also had one solo round and scored a 14(+2).

The year of Minigolfing competitions started in England with the Luton Invitational Minigolf Tournament on the 1st January 2010, followed by the first British Minigolf Association (BMGA) Tour event of the year on the 24th January at the BMGA National Open at Adventure Island Mini Golf, Star City, Birmingham.

And of course the final of the four home nations visited was Wales, where we competed 2010 Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg (Welsh Minigolf Tournament) at the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Tredegar Park, Newport.

The format for the Cwmbran Darts Classic 2010 saw six players split into two groups of three. Each player played each other in a 301 one-leg shootout, with the top two players from each group progressing to the semi-finals (Group A's winner would face the Runner-up from Group B and vice versa).

Eventually Cwmbran's own Leo 'Young Gun' Kukielka take the victory with a 2-1 victory over his father Jas 'Hob Nob' Kukielka (the 2009 Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg champion).

Full results:Group A
Jas Kukielka beat Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson lost to Richard Gottfried
Richard Gottfried lost to Jas Kukielka

Following on from my spots of Wacky Waving Arm-Flailing Inflatable Tube-men (as sold by Al Harrington of Family Guy fame*) I found one advertising Slush Puppies at the Funfair at Wardown Park in Luton this evening.

While in the park I took a snap of the Mini & Crazy Golf course there.

The 2010 Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg (Welsh Minigolf Tournament) was played out over five rounds and 48-holes, on two minigolf courses, in two countries on Saturday 21st August 2010.

Cwmbran's Leo Kukielka won the title in the eight player field with a total score of 112(+16), three shots clear of his brother Seve Kukielka on 115(+19) and four clear of bronze medallist Paul Johnson on 116(+21). Jas Kukielka, a pre-tournament favourite as the reigning and defending 2009 Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg (Welsh Minigolf Tournament) Champion finished in a disappointing 7th place with a score of 125(+29).

On Friday 20th August a draw was held to decide the groups and order of play for the first round, with the groups reorganised based on scores after each round.

New Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg champion Leo Kukielka said "Rydw i'n hoffi iawn o enill y Cystadleuaeth Cymraeg a rwyn eisiau enill mwy o cystadleuaeth ardraws Prydain." ("I am very pleased to have won the Welsh Tournament and, hopefully, I will go on to win some more tournaments in Britain.")

Outgoing Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg champion Jas Kukielka said "Having to look out for the park ranger whilst playing our 'free' rounds in Tredegar Park put me on edge for the first couple of rounds and I never recovered, but I couldn't have handed the trophy over to a better player!"

Welsh Ladies Number One Cindy Kukielka narrowly missed out on the bronze medal but did win the 2010 Aces Champions prize with a total of 8 holes-in-one, the next nearest to Cindy was Leo on 4 Aces across the tournament. Birmingham's Owen 'Jackpot' Johnson picked up the competition MVP prize having shown great improvement in his scores over the rounds (especially rounds 1-3).